Kalmar "corpus delicti" (lafazi da "KOR-puhs dih-LIK-tee") jumlar Latin ce da ke nufin "jikin laifi". Kalma ce ta shari'a wacce ke nufin shaida ta zahiri ko hujjar cewa an aikata laifi. A wasu kalmomi, shaida ce ta zahiri da ke nuna cewa wani laifi ya faru, kamar makamin kisan kai, abin da aka sace, ko kuma gawar wanda aka azabtar. a matsayin tushen tabbatar da cewa an aikata laifi. A wasu lokuta, ikirari kadai ba zai isa a hukunta wanda ake tuhuma ba, kuma masu gabatar da kara na iya bukatar gabatar da wasu shaidu, kamar shaidar zahiri ko shaidar gani da ido, don tabbatar da gawarwakin.Gaba daya, Kalmar corpus delicti tana nufin shaida ta zahiri da ke tabbatar da aikata laifi, kuma yana da tushe mai tushe a cikin tsarin shari'ar laifuka.